heilig

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦəi̯.ləχ/

From Dutch heilig, from Middle Dutch heilich, from Old Dutch heilig, from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz. Equivalent to heil (“salvation”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

heilig (attributive heilige, comparative heiliger, superlative heiligste)

1. holy

• heilag (Cape Afrikaans)

• heiligdom
• heiligheid

From Dutch heiligen, from Middle Dutch heiligen, from Old Dutch *hēlagon, *heiligon, from Proto-Germanic *hailagōną.

heilig (present heilig, present participle heiligende, past participle geheilig)

1. (transitive) to sanctify, to hallow

   Laat u naam geheilig word.

   Hallowed be thy name.

From Middle High German hailig, from Old High German heilag.

heilig

1. (Uri) holy

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 28.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛi̯.ləx/

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• Hyphenation: hei‧lig
• Rhymes: -ɛi̯ləx

From Middle Dutch heilich, from Old Dutch heilig, from Proto-West Germanic *hailag, from Proto-Germanic *hailagaz. Equivalent to heil (“salvation”) +‎ -ig (“-y”).

heilig (comparative heiliger, superlative heiligst)

1. holy
2. sacred

Declension of heilig
uninflected	heilig
inflected	heilige
comparative	heiliger
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		heilig	heiliger	het heiligst het heiligste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	heilige	heiligere	heiligste
	n. sing.	heilig	heiliger	heiligste
	plural	heilige	heiligere	heiligste
definite		heilige	heiligere	heiligste
partitive		heiligs	heiligers	—

• heilig boontje
• heiligdom
• heilige ibis
• heiligen

• Afrikaans: heilig
• Negerhollands: heilig

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

heilig

1. inflection of heiligen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

From Middle High German heilic (hailig, heilec), from Old High German heilag, from Proto-West Germanic *hailag. Compare Low German hillig, Dutch heilig, English holy, Danish hellig, Swedish helig.

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heilig (strong nominative masculine singular heiliger, comparative heiliger, superlative am heiligsten)

1. holy
2. sacred

Note: There are also contracted forms like heil'ger.

• geweiht
• tugendhaft

• Heiliger Stuhl
• Heiligkeit
• scheinheilig
• Unheiligkeit

• Heiliger Geist
• Heiligenverehrung
• selig
• Heiliger, Heilige
• Heiligsprechung

• “heilig” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “heilig” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “heilig” in Duden online

From Proto-West Germanic *hailag.

heilig

1. holy, sacred

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

• heiligo

• Middle Dutch: heilich
  • Dutch: heilig

• “hēlig”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012